Stanley Fischer and the IMF

Christine Lagarde and Kemal Dervis appear to be front-runners to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn
at the IMF. Good candidates, no doubt, but in my view the best choice
(if he could be persuaded to do it) would be Stanley Fischer, ex-MIT,
ex-IMF, ex-World Bank and currently governor of the Bank of Israel. His
performance in each role has been outstanding. I agree with Greg Mankiw's assessment:

Stan is a superb economist and international
policymaker: smart, sensible, experienced, personable, and open-minded.
He would be an ideal person to head the IMF.

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